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A prospective audit of regional anaesthesia failure in 5080 Caesarean sections†

  1. S. M. Kinsella

Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05499.x

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Anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Volume 63, Issue 8, pages 822–832, August 2008

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Kinsella, S. M. (2008), A prospective audit of regional anaesthesia failure in 5080 Caesarean sections. Anaesthesia, 63: 822–832. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05499.x

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  1. Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia, St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol BS2 8EG, UK

*Stephen Michael Kinsella E-mail: stephen.kinsella@ubht.nhs.uk

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    Data presented in part at the Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association annual scientific meeting, London 2005.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 9 JUL 2008
  2. Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008
  3. Accepted: 21 January 2008

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